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Chongqing

Monorail, Metro, Light Rail. Aerobus
 
The city of Chongqing (Chung King to your Chinese food fans, it actually means "Double Celebration") has contracted to build a 2.6 km 3 station
Aerobus monorail, to be completed in 2003.  The site is broken, but a map can be browsed.

Three subway lines, a monorail, and a light rail line are planned, with the 17 station, 17.4 km light rail line already under construction and scheduled to open in 2004.

Construction on a 16.4 km, 13 station line was halted in 1997 due to a legal dispute and has yet to be restarted. Ten of the stations will be underground.

A feasibility study on a 16.6 km (with 10.2 km underground), 14 station line is still in the planning stages. Two additional lines are scheduled for construction in 2010:  a 19.3 km (8.4 km underground), 14 station line and a 28.6 km (8.6 km below ground) 18 station light rail line, which will eventually eventually connect with the Jingbei Airport to span a total of 64 km.

The Official Home Page also reports line 2, now under construction, will be a partially underground monorail. Another site claims the monorail will be elevated. Based on a Japanese page, I've learned the system will be 17.4 km long and have 17 stations, including 2.2 km of underground track and 3 stations. Construction began in 2001.

Chongqing also boasts a cable car system which crosses the Jialing and Yangtze rivers.